LG’s new curvy Android flagship is set to cost €599 in Europe (SIM free), which means UK consumers are probably looking at £499. The full spec was leaked in a press release a few days ago.

The LG G Flex 2 is based around a 5.5-inch 1080p curved OLED display with a 700mm radius curved profile. (I have two pairs of carving skis, with 12m and 15m radii, yet I’m stuck editing this. Ed)

The curved display is protected by a pane of Gorilla Glass 3 and the phone measures 149x75x9.4mm, weighing in at 152g.

As far as hardware goes, the Flex 2 sports Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 810, with four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.5GHz and four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 2.0GHz. The SoC features Adreno 430 graphics.

The Flex 2 ships with 2GB of RAM and the currently listed version has 16GB of built in storage, but luckily there’s a microSDXC slot on board, capable of accommodating 128GB cards. The phone packs a built in 3000mAh battery and there’s even an FM radio on board.

In the imaging department, the Flex 2 features a 13-megapixel camera with laser autofocus, optical image stabilisation (OIS) and a dual LED flash. Thanks to the speedy processor, the camera can record UHD (2160p) video at 30fps. The front facing camera is a 2.1-megapixel affair.

Connectivity should not be an issue, either, as the Flex 2 has 802.11ac wireless, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC and an IR blaster, along with a micro USB 2.0 SlimPort connector.

Not bad, but not cheap either – but it all depends on your carrier, unless you want to stay away from two-year contracts and pay full retail.

LG's G Flex curved smartphone certainly gave the company some braging rights as it not only scored the 2014 iF Design Award but is also the main reason LG was named the "most innovative manufacturer" at MWC 2014. Judging by the leaked User Agent profile, the LG G Flex will get the missing 4K video recording feature with its upcoming Android 4.4 KitKat update.

The leaked screenshot of the User Agent profile shows the list of video recording modes and the 2160p is among them. The 4k video recording is a big thing and missing it on LG G Flex was one of the things that users did not like on the G Flex so it is definitely a welcomed update.

Unfortunately, the LG G Flex is still quite expensive and in Germany it goes for around €850 on Amazon while France has it for around €750 and in the UK it goes for around £590. There is no official date for the LG G Flex Android 4.4 KitKat update and we certainly hope that LG will not wait too long to push it out as it is certainly not a great way to treat your most expensive smartphone.

LG has officially announced that its curved LG G Flex will be coming to Europe as of next month and it will be available in more than 20 European countries. LG also revealed that the LG G Flex is coming to the US as well, via AT&T.

LG G Flex made quite a ruckus with its curved screen and scratch healing back. Despite its rather modest specifications for a flagship smartphone it really did good in Asia (Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore) where it was available. Today, LG has announced that the G Flex will be available in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and Austria, among others. Unfortunately, curved screen comes at a rather steep price, and considering recent pre-order listings it will be priced well above €700.

In case you missed it back when it was launched in Asia, the LG G Flex features a 6-inch curved P-OLED 1280x720 screen which adds up to 244ppi and is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 quad-core chipset with Adreno 330 GPU backed by 2GB of DDR3 RAM. The rest of the specs include 32GB of inernal storage space, rear 13-megapixel and front 2.1-megapixel cameras, Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11ac WiFi, NFC, 3,500mAh battery and it runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS.

In addition to European availability, LG has also announced that the G Flex will be hitting the US on January 31st, via AT&T and cost US $300 with a two-year contract.

We already had a chance to see a leaked photo of the upcoming curved smartphone from LG, the LG G Flex, but now we have some specifications as well, thanks to a leak the AnTuTu benchmark database.

The first batch of curved smartphones will, unfortuantely, be based on similar flat smartphones so as Samsung's Galaxy Round is based on the Galaxy Note 3, so is LG G Flex based on the LG G2, which is not bad at all.

According to leaked benchmark details, LG G Flex will be based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 chipset paired up with 2GB of RAM. The 6-inch curved screen will feature a rather low 1280x720 resolution which adds up to 244ppi. Unfortunately, it is not clear if this version of the flexible display from LG is not able to support higher resolution or LG is simply benchmarking the smartphone at a lower resolution in order to bring a big surprise on the launch day.

LG is still to give out any official details regarding the launch day of the new LG G Flex but consdiering recent leaks, we should see it sooner rather than later.